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... . .... 250 XXXI . - German Genius , ......... .... 255 XXXII . - Falls of Niagara , ............ .. ..... 285 XXXIII . - Moscow , .................. .. ... 292 Nobility , .... ... 293 The City , ........ ..296 XXXIV . - High ...
... . .... 250 XXXI . - German Genius , ......... .... 255 XXXII . - Falls of Niagara , ............ .. ..... 285 XXXIII . - Moscow , .................. .. ... 292 Nobility , .... ... 293 The City , ........ ..296 XXXIV . - High ...
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... genius , as much originality of concep- tion , as great powers of argument and persuasion , know- ledge as profound of human nature , may be displayed by a man of the world in the management of his private concerns , as by an author in ...
... genius , as much originality of concep- tion , as great powers of argument and persuasion , know- ledge as profound of human nature , may be displayed by a man of the world in the management of his private concerns , as by an author in ...
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... genius , must have observed with surprise , that not an inconsiderable proportion of those who were dis- tinguished by their superiority in the higher qualities of mind , have yet been unusually deficient in good sense . If we endeavour ...
... genius , must have observed with surprise , that not an inconsiderable proportion of those who were dis- tinguished by their superiority in the higher qualities of mind , have yet been unusually deficient in good sense . If we endeavour ...
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... genius of Lavater , has both illus- trated and obscured this subject , which , stript of the dress of imagination , may be comprehended in this plain and rational position , that a homely face , though it can never produce the ...
... genius of Lavater , has both illus- trated and obscured this subject , which , stript of the dress of imagination , may be comprehended in this plain and rational position , that a homely face , though it can never produce the ...
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... genius of Shakspeare . I wonder , indeed , that nobody has thought of bringing out a new edition of Sir Walter Raleigh's Remains , ' - a work which , in many respects , deserves to stand by the side of Bacon's Essays . It is the private ...
... genius of Shakspeare . I wonder , indeed , that nobody has thought of bringing out a new edition of Sir Walter Raleigh's Remains , ' - a work which , in many respects , deserves to stand by the side of Bacon's Essays . It is the private ...
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